Cold response from film industry on Premam Piracy issue, Anwar
Rasheed decided to resign from all the official memberships he having in various
Malayalam film associations.

As per the reports says, he is not much happy about the reaction
of associations as well as the authorities on Premam Piracy issue. As well last
week Vijay’s “Puli” trailer leaked on youtube before official release and that
was quickly captured by cyber cell , but Premam movie is leaked from the sensor
board itself and there is no action till date.. Anwar Rasheed had reportedly
approached several film associations as well as the anti-piracy cell after the
censor copy of "Premam" was leaked online. But, unfortunately the
response which the producer received were not satisfying enough and thereby as
a protest, he has decided to resign from all the film associations.

As he says that "There
is no benefit for Malayalam cinema from film associations. I am a member of
FEFKA as a director, Film Producers' Association and Distributors' Association
as a producer, Now the plan is to direct and produce films without any
membership” (in these organisations).

"I
choose to stay away from any activities related to the associations as they
continue to maintain silence on serious issues like piracy," he added.

Anwar
also said that though the pirated copies of "Premam" got deleted
initially from several Facebook pages after proceeding legally, the videos are
now being uploaded again. Apparently, the censor copies of "Premam"
were handed over to two studios in Thiruvanathapuram and Chennai. He said that
it is unfortunate that no legal actions were taken against those who leaked the
videos like how it was done against those who leaked Vijay's "Puli"
trailer.

Meanwhile,
Anwar's "Premam" is running successfully across the globe. The film,
which is directed by Alphonse Putharen, has Nivin Pauly in the lead and has
emerged as the biggest hit Malayalam cinema till date. In UK and US Bollywood blockbuster
ABCD also facing big competition from Premam.

As the latest report Premam collecting more amount that Any of the
indian movies till released in UK, and there by ‘Premam’ s\daily shows increased
from 25 to 37 screens in UK.

As the bottom line we also need to say that, if sensor copy also
leaked and the government or other authorities are not able to take an actions against
the issue. Then why would we need to Sensor the movies... Let’s say no to
Piracy as well as Sensor board also